Past tense of ban
regular verb
The past tense of ban is banned. The past participle is also banned.
Forms of ban
| Base form (V1) | ban /ˈbæn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | banned /bænd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | banned /bænd/ |
| Present participle | banning /ˈbænɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | bans /bænz/ |
Banned in a sentence
- Bare feet are banned in this establishment.
- Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian, archived from the...
- Since most users on the site are westerners, we have banned Unicode in all text input boxes.From the entry unicode
- The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults.From the entry chew
- Zak has been banned for making cart00ney threats against our staff.From the entry cart00ney
Meaning of ban
- verb To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- verb To summon; to call out.
- verb To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
Questions about the past tense of ban
- What is the past tense of ban?
- The past tense of ban is banned.
- What is the past participle of ban?
- The past participle of ban is banned.
- Is ban a regular or irregular verb?
- Ban is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ban (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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